New and enhanced DB2 and IMS tools help in the use and management of database
environments.

DB2 Tools
products

DB2 Log
Analysis Tool for z/OS, V3.2 (5655-T56) enables organizations to monitor
changes to a database by creating reports indicating what was changed and
by whom. It can help you reduce the time for a DB2 recovery by utilizing different approaches,
enabling you to choose the most effective solution.

DB2 Recovery
Expert for z/OS,
V2.2 (5697-N92) is a self-managing backup and recovery solution that protects
mission-critical data. It can help you avoid accidental data loss or corruption
by providing a faster, less costly method of recovery when time is of the
essence.

IMS Tools
products

IMS Audit
Management Expert for z/OS, V1.2 (5655-R23) provides the ability to collect
and correlate data access information from a variety of IMS resources.
It provides auditing capabilities to IT organizations to help identify potential
liability associated with growing compliance demands.

IMS Cloning
Tool for z/OS,
V1.1 (5655-U91) provides a faster, simpler cloning solution that can help
improve productivity and supports efforts to reduce total cost. It automates
the cloning process to provide usable IMS clones within minutes, helping to boost
efficiency and to free up DBA time.

IMS Connect
Extensions for z/OS,
V2.2 (5655-S56) can be used to help increase availability, reliability, performance,
and auditability of TCP/IP transactions. It allows you to automate message
routing and failover, and can help simplify the development of TCP/IP applications.

IMS Performance
Analyzer for z/OS,
V4.2 (5655-R03) is a performance analysis and tuning aid for IMS Transaction
Manager and Database Manager systems. It provides information on IMS system performance
for monitoring, tuning, managing service levels, analyzing trends, and capacity
planning.

DB2 Log
Analysis Tool for z/OS, V3.2 (5655-T56) is a powerful tool used to
support efforts to maintain high availability and complete control over data
integrity. It allows you to monitor data changes by automatically building
reports of changes that are made to database tables. Version 3.2 includes
the following enhancements:

Not materializing mass deletes: In previous releases of DB2 Log Analysis
Tool, the product materialized all rows involved in a mass delete, regardless
of the table space type. This enhancement gives you the choice to materialize
the individual rows of a mass delete, as in the past, or to create just a
mass deletion statement.

New log reading modes: When using Log Analysis Tool, you have several
options on how to materialize full row images from the partial row images
contained in the DB2 log. This is called Log reading mode, and
could be either forced to log-backward, log-forward, or allow the product
to determine automatically which method was necessary or best. The new log
reading modes are:

Combo mode: Running both log-backward and log-forward in the same run:
In combo mode, you allow the Log Analysis Tool to determine if a combination
of both modes is possible, and, if so, it will run as such.

HSM recalls: Log Analysis Tool can now issue HSM recalls on certain data
sets in an attempt to speed up elapsed times in long running jobs accessing
many data sets. The affected data sets are archive logs and image copies.
Using this new feature, the product will issue HSM recalls as soon as the
data sets are known to be needed. These recalls may speed up elapsed times
if the recalls are effective prior to data set usage.

SQL flexibility: Sometimes you may find it necessary to run REDO and
UNDO SQL on a different set of tables than those referenced in the original
SQL. This can now be accomplished using Log Analysis Tool's Fast Apply SQL
option.

Detail report flexibility: You have the option to specify larger row
lengths for the current, post-change, and pre-change data rows in the detail
and impact reports. This allows very large rows to display all data on one
line instead of spanning multiple lines. In most cases, it will also be possible
to display all data for one table on one line. You can decide how long a data
row can be, or you can continue using 80 characters per line.

SQL order by complete UOW: This feature allows the SQL generated by Log
Analysis Tool to be committed and executed in a different order than previously
available with REDO and UNDO SQL. The terms REDO and UNDO still apply, but
within those terms comes the concept of running SQL by unit of work.

Parameters for changing MODEFILE fields: This feature allows you to change
certain parameters in the JCL without having to step through the ISPF panels.
There are certain parameters that still must be updated using the panels,
but those mainly affect the generation of the JCL.

Conversion of load file header data to proper CCSID: Log Analysis Tool
now converts log record header data in its load file to the same CCSID of
the source table in normal load mode. This was done to make all data consistent
within the load file and to allow better use of WHERE clauses when querying
the loaded table.

CHAR data in hex option: Log Analysis Tool may generate SQL that cannot
be properly executed because of DB2 translation issues. To avoid these issues,
you can now opt to have the product generate character-type fields in hexadecimal
format.

Dynamic allocation error messages enhanced: Additional information has
been added to the dynamic allocation error messages to help you understand
what may be causing the error.

Informational messages enhanced: Informational messages are often displayed
throughout Log Analysis Tool to help the support process proceed more quickly.
These messages are for support use only, but many have come to use them to
help understand and plan their job schedules. Some of these messages have
been changed to be more easily recognized. Most were changed by adding the
compile date/time to help quickly identify the latest maintenance applied.

DB2 Recovery
Expert for z/OS,
V2.2 (5697-N92) provides a simple, self-managing recovery solution that
enables database recovery operations with minimal disruption. DB2 Recovery Expert
for z/OS enables
intelligent analysis of altered, incorrect, or missing database assets, including
table spaces, tables, indexes, and data. It automates the process of rebuilding
these assets to a specified point in time, often without taking the database
or the business operations offline.

DB2 Recovery
Expert promotes high availability solutions that companies require for 24
x 7 operations and integrating with storage systems. It performs system-level
backups instantaneously and without affecting running applications. Valuable
host CPU and I/O time is saved by using the storage processor to make the
copy instead of z/OS.

Supports recovery of dropped objects, including data to a point in time
before the drop.

Reads and analyzes the DB2 log to find quiet times or points of consistency
for single or groups of objects.

Can generate SQL-based recoveries to roll forward or back out changes
to individual tables or groups of objects. This type of recovery is not supported
by standard DB2 recovery
tools.

Supports recovering an object or application set of objects to a prior
version, even if the object's DDL has changed. A recovery can be performed
back to a prior version of an application if the need arises.

Enables recovery to a point in time, given the object to be recovered,
including rolling data changes backward or forward to provide for more efficient
recovery.

Analyzes all recovery assets and presents several recovery "plans" or
methods with an estimated cost for each method, allowing the user to choose
an appropriate and cost-efficient method.

Performs a partial backup by excluding or including volumes from a backup
profile using line commands. I addition, the Restore System display now contains
a field that indicates when a backup is a partial backup, and Backup Summary
reports also show whether a backup is partial. Partial backups cannot be
used for system restores but can be used for restoring objects.

DB2 Recovery
Expert V2.2 includes the following enhancements:

Provides support through a GUI to restore an entire subsystem to a prior
point in time from system-level backups created within DB2 Recovery Expert.

Allows for parallel processing of recovery tasks using multiple jobs to
help reduce elapsed time when performing a recovery.

Allows enhanced control of image copy processing by allowing you to specify
up to four image copy dataset masks. Includes additional file attributes
such as device type, unit type, quantities, SMS information, tape information,
expiration date, and retention period.

Includes enhancements to the Log Analysis advisor to filter on additional
object types, including object patterns. This can help improve the usability
of log-based quiet time analysis, allowing users to find quiet times and points
of consistency.

Includes a new recoverability health check report that can be run against
a system-level backup before doing a System Restore. This report will show
objects that will need to be recovered after a System Restore because of a
LOG NO utility that was run. It will also show objects that are unrecoverable
after a System Restore because a LOG NO utility was run and no valid image
copy exists.

Automatically determines objects that are not restored properly after
a System Restore and produces the JCL necessary to recover/rebuild those objects
using image copies.

Supports incremental flash copy when executing the DB2 system backup utility. This system backup
replaces the prior backup, but only the changed pages are recopied from the
source to the target volumes, improving the performance of the backup.

Performs mapping of DB2 source volumes to ranges of target volumes automatically
(AUTOMAP) to eliminate the need to manually map the source volumes to target
volumes during the initial profile creation. It also eliminates the need
to update backup profiles when DB2 grows and occupies new volumes. The
AUTOMAP feature can be used in conjunction with excluding volumes to create
"easy to manage" partial system backups that reduce the amount of disks needed
for a system backup.

Optionally drives the encryption process provided by either DFSMSdss or
FDR to encrypt a system backup that is being off-loaded to tape.

Automatically includes table spaces that have any RI relationship to the
selected table spaces when building recovery JCL from an object profile using
the ISPF interface.

Takes advantage of the DFSMSdss backup method to create a DB2 system backup.
This method offers the following benefits:

Creates system backups with Fast Replication hardware that does not support FlashCopy® but
can be driven by DFSMSdss

Includes a new report that shows all the DB2 table spaces and index spaces included
in the system backup.

Creates image copies for a group of DB2 objects using a system level backup
as input. These image copies can be registered in the DB2 system catalog table SYSIBM.SYSCOPY,
therefore allowing the copies to be used by any utility that can process DB2 image
copies.

Provides support for Database Relationship Analyzer (DRA). This replaces
support for DB2 Grouper
in prior DB2 Recovery
Expert releases. DRA allows grouping of DB2 tables based on the following types
of relationships:

Relationships defined in the DB2 Catalog (such as DB2-defined RI, packages,
and triggers)

Trace analysis (SQL Trace relationships)

Non-enforced RI (user-specified relationships)

DB2 Recovery
Expert V2.2 can generate and execute recovery JCL that includes all members
of predefined DRA groups.

Creates system backups using EMC virtual devices and Hitachi storage systems.
EMC Virtual devices create a system backup without the need for a full backup
volume for each DB2 volume.
Hitachi support allows users of Hitachi storage arrays to perform system backups
and restores using native Hitachi fast replication commands.

Generates UNDO or REDO SQL to recover objects that contain XML or LOB
columns to selected points in time.

Runs an installation verification process (IVP) to validate the DB2 Recovery Expert
configuration before the product is used for the first time. You can select
the IVP for a GUI only, an ISPF only, or a GUI and ISPF installation.

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IMS Audit
Management Expert for z/OS, V1.2 (5655-R23) is designed to address the
needs involved in auditing IMS environments. Auditors use IMS Audit Management Expert for z/OS to view,
analyze, and report on data.

This tool is a centralized IMS auditing tool that collects and correlates
data access information from a variety of IMS resources. The information is collected
from the system logger, IMS logs, and SMF and is stored in a DB2 repository,
which can be viewed through a GUI.

IMS Audit
Management Expert for z/OS, V1.2 offers the following key features and enhancements:

Microsoft® Vista
support added

Ability to report READ accesses to databases

Display of concatenated key

UPDATEs, INSERTs, DELETEs, and READs collected at the segment level

Segments within a database can be selected for auditing.

Changed data can be captured and collected by request.

Reports data set names of IMS logs that are named in the DBRC RECON
data sets but no longer exist in the system catalog

DEDB Multiple Area data set and HALDB partition data set support added

Batch reports that can be automated through the scheduler added

New Zealand daylight savings time changes implemented

Package versioning available

Automated audit notification provided by e-mail / WTO to the console

Updated Administration User Interface. New features include:

The ability to set auditing rules for different levels of IMS Audit Management
Expert auditing through the Administration User Interface

The ability to filter auditing at the database level as well as segment
level

The inclusion of PSBs within a rule

New agent configurations that now allow specification of Stream Names
and Spill Data Sets

Additional IMS subsystem
settings such as Control Blocks and Spill Data Sets

Updated Reporting User Interface. New features include:

Menus to allow navigation between reports

Updated reporting filters to provide greater flexibility

Cancel button for Display Setting Reports (set colors for graphs) so that
changes can be reversed

Ability to cancel reports when the queries populating the reports are
still running

Improved logging. The following are now written to the log:

All error messages

JVM version and location

Export data grid values directly to Microsoft Excel

Zoom data grid cells to view data more easily

Search capability for data grid cells

IMS Cloning
Tool for z/OS,
V1.1 (5655-U91) makes it easier to more quickly clone IMS subsystems
and refresh databases in order to increase availability and allow you to concentrate
on business-critical work. By employing fast copy technology combined with
automation and by eliminating manual efforts, this new IMS tool can help support your efforts to
increase productivity and reduce production online downtime and the costs
associated with cloning an IMS subsystem or refreshing databases.

Modern storage processing systems provide fast data replication and copying
services that allow database data to be replicated instantly. IMS Cloning Tool
takes advantage of storage processor functions to replicate data on behalf
of the database system more quickly. Valuable host CPU and I/O is saved by
using the storage processor to make the copy instead of z/OS. IMS Cloning Tool
then performs both the volume metadata and IMS metadata management to allow entire IMS subsystems
to be cloned or specific IMS databases to be refreshed in just minutes.

Using clones with current data helps provide faster resolution of problems
encountered with production data. IMS Cloning Tools for z/OS, V1.1 can reduce the time required
to create a clone from hours or even days to just minutes.

You can use IMS Cloning
Tool for z/OS to
perform the following tasks:

Clone entire IMS subsystems
or select databases, including HALDBs, more quickly and easily

Optionally, the following RECON records are updated: image copy records,
change accumulation records, System Log Data Set (SLDS) records, and Recovery
Log Data Set (RLDS) records if they were on volumes that were cloned.

IMS.PROCLIB, IMS.JOBS,
and user JCL library members are updated with the new values for IMSID, VOLSERs,
and data set names.

MVS Dynamic
Allocation (MDA) members for databases or system data sets such as the RECON,
Online Log Data Sets (OLDS), or Write-Ahead Data Sets (WADS) are updated to
reflect the new data set names.

If IMS data
sharing is involved, each additional IMS data sharing member is updated.

Database Cloning Solution

Leverages fast copy technology

Automates the process

Refreshes IMS databases
quickly

Refreshes a group of databases at a consistent recovery point

Refreshes to the same or a different subsystem

Stops and starts an IMS database or provides fuzzy copy capability

Automatically finds data set names from specified databases

Extracts data set names, indexes, and database characteristics at time
of execution to ensure current list

IBM® IMS Connect
Extensions for z/OS,
V2.2 (5655-S56) is a tool that enhances the manageability of TCP/IP access
to IMS through IMS Connect
(an integrated function of IMS Version 9, or later). IMS Connect Extensions for z/OS provides
the following features:

Monitoring and recording of IMS Connect activity: IMS Connect Extensions offers a detailed
audit of activity, providing you with information to help you analyze performance,
throughput, resource availability, and security. You can also use this information
to debug clients and new applications.

Single point of control for multiple IMS Connect systems: Centralized management
and control of all your IMS Connect systems from an ISPF dialog or from a distributed
workstation.

Make your systems more transparent so that they are easier to audit and
manage

IMS Connect
Extensions consists of:

Components that run with IMS Connect

Journal data sets that record IMS Connect activity

An ISPF dialog-based client to manage IMS Connect systems and their IMS Connect Extensions
features

IMS Connect
Extensions Operations Console, a GUI client

IMS Connect
Extensions for z/OS,
V2.2 provides the following significant enhancements that improve the functionality
and usability of the product:

IMS Connect
Extensions Operations Console: This new, innovative GUI is an alternative
to the ISPF operations dialog. It provides a graphical interface to perform IMS Connect
Extensions operations and allows you to monitor and control IMS Connect systems
and their components and active sessions from a distributed workstation.

Rules-based routing: Enables messages to be routed based on the datastore
ID specified in the message. This ID can be any string, not just a datastore
defined in IMS Connect.
Rules-based routing is simple to configure, supports almost all message types,
and allows you to specify both workload balancing and fallback provisions.

Support for Open Database Management (ODBM) functions within IMS Connect: These
functions provide the ability for a remote client to access an IMS database without
executing a transaction within IMS. IMS Connect Extensions for z/OS:

Supports the collection of new ODBM event records

Offers updated IMS Connect Extensions command processing to support
the new ODBM commands

Is enhanced to produce additional trace records for ODBM

Support for IMS Synchronous
Call-out feature: This IMS capability allows IMS to act as both a client and a server
in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) environment. An IMS application
can send a data request and wait for a response from a remote server. IMS Connect
Extensions for z/OS now
provides event collection and routing for the Send Only and Resume TPIPE request
types used for providing synchronous communications.

Support for the new IMS Connect Port exit provides control of messages that
do not contain the standard IRM header. IMS Connect Extensions for z/OS provides
support for the collection of new event records.

Dynamic routing based on flood control information: IMS Connect Extensions
can automatically reroute messages to alternate IMS systems when the original target IMS system
is in flood.

Central configuration of transaction timeout values, transaction timer
values, and cancel client values based on the transaction code of the message.

Active session information now includes extended data from both the local
and remote TCP/IP stack.

Support for IMS V11.

IMS Performance
Analyzer for z/OS,
V4.2 (5655-R03) provides comprehensive transaction performance and system
resource usage reporting for your Information Management System Database (IMS DB)
and Transaction Manager (IMS TM) systems and has become the standard for IMS resource and
performance management. This database management tool provides a wide variety
of performance, usage, and availability reports that can help you:

Analyze transaction response time

Measure usage and availability of important resources, including databases,
programs, regions, buffers (including database) and queues (message and other
internal queues)

IMS Performance
Analyzer for z/OS is
an out-of-the-box solution that is part of a reasonably priced, comprehensive
portfolio of IBM database
performance management tools. It complements IBM IMS Problem Investigator for z/OS to provide
enhanced log analysis and reporting. The result is improved productivity for
problem analysts, more efficient IMS application performance, and higher system
availability.

New features and enhancements offered with IMS Performance Analyzer for z/OS, V4.2:

Transaction Index: The Transaction Index, created by IMS Performance
Analyzer, contains a record for each IMS transaction, and includes all the cumulative
information from the IMS log about that transaction.

The index can replace
the IMS log
(SLDS) files as input for form-based reporting, significantly reducing the
time and overhead of running IMS Performance Analyzer form-based transit reports. IMS Problem
Investigator for z/OS uses the index to perform intelligent problem detection,
either on its own or merged with the associated IMS log files, to provide improved levels
of problem detection. For example, "Locate all transactions with response
time greater than 1 second," then use tracking to drill down.

IMS Version
9, 10, and 11 support: Exploits all the new features and instrumentation in
the IMS log
and monitor:

Accessibility by people with disabilities

Value Unit-based pricing

Value Unit pricing for eligible IBM System z® IBM International Program License Agreement
(IPLA) programs enables a lower cost of incremental growth and enterprise
aggregation. Each System z IPLA product with Value Unit pricing has
a single price per Value Unit and a conversion matrix, called Value Unit
Exhibit, for converting from some designated measurement to Value Units.
Most commonly, Millions of Service Units (MSUs) is the measurement designated
by IBM to
be converted to Value Units. Some other measurements are engines or messages.
Since MSUs are the most common measurement, that measurement will be used
for the remainder of this description.

Value Unit pricing offers price benefits for you. For each System z IPLA
program with Value Unit pricing, the quantity of that program needed to satisfy
applicable IBM terms
and conditions is referred to as the required license capacity. Each
of the various Value Unit Exhibits stipulate that the larger your required
license capacity, the fewer Value Units per MSU you will need. Value Unit
Exhibits are uniquely identified by a three-digit code and referred to using
the nomenclature VUExxx, where xxx is the three-digit code.

Subsequent acquisitions of Value Unit priced programs offer additional
price benefits. The quantity of each System z IPLA program that you have
acquired is referred to as entitled license capacity. If you wish
to grow your entitled license capacity for a System z IPLA program, the calculation
to determine additional needed Value Units is based upon the number of Value
Units already acquired.

For each System
z IPLA program with Value Unit pricing, you should:

Determine the required license capacity, in MSUs

Aggregate the MSUs across the enterprise

Convert the total MSUs to Value Units, using the applicable Value Unit
Exhibit

Multiply the price per Value Unit by the total number of Value Units to
determine the total cost

To simplify conversion from the designated measurement to Value Units or
vice-versa, use the Value Unit Converter Tool. For additional information
or to obtain a copy of the Value Unit Converter Tool, visit the Value Unit
Converter Tool Web site

The Publications Center is a worldwide central repository for IBM product publications
and marketing material with a catalog of 70,000 items. Extensive search facilities
are provided. Payment options for orders are via credit card or customer number.
A large number of publications are available online in various file formats.
They can all be downloaded free of charge.

One copy of the following publications is supplied automatically with the
basic machine-readable material.

Microcode 5x67 with patch 14882, 5x68 with patch 18954, or 5x69, or later,
for use of Enginuity Consistence Assist (ECA).

The EMC SNAP library must be level 5.5, or later, to use ECA with SNAP
VOLUME technology.

Note: System Backup and Restore Services performs
a "Protected BCV restore" in order to preserve the BCV backup point to Microcode
5x70. If any Symmetrix array is at a microcode level lower that 5x70, then
a SNAP type restore will be performed instead.

FlashCopy requirements
for backup and restore:

Use of FlashCopy for
full system backup and restore requires the storage subsystem to be FlashCopy V1
capable.

Object-level restore from DASD requires the storage subsystem to be FlashCopy V2
capable and the operating system to be z/OS V1.8, or later

The IMS Tools
products in this announcement are designed to operate with IMS V9.1 (5655-J38),
or later.

Additional software requirements per product are described below:

IMS Audit
Management Expert for z/OS, V1.2 (5655-R23) requires:

Server:

z/OS V1.9
(5694-A01), or later

DB2 V8.1
(5625-DB2), or later

DB2 V8.1
Value Unit Edition (5697-N29), or later

IMS V9.1
(5655-J38), or later

Client:

Windows XP
Professional (32-bit) or Windows Vista (32-bit)
Note: Windows Vista
Business and Enterprise are supported, without Aero enabled. If Aero graphics
are enabled when the clients run, Vista will deactivate the Aero graphics
for the duration that the clients are running.

The program's specifications and specified operating environment information
may be found in documentation accompanying the program, if available, such
as a readme file, or other information published by IBM, such as an announcement letter. Documentation
and other program content may be supplied only in the English language.

Customer requirements

Customer requirements are used extensively to determine how database tools
evolve.

Planning information

Packaging

The programs in this announcement are distributed with the following content:

Basic machine-readable material on tape

Program Directory

IBM International
Program License Agreement (IPLA)

This program, when downloaded from a Web site, contains the applicable IBM license
agreement and License Information, if appropriate, and will be presented for
acceptance at the time of installation of the program. For future reference,
the license and License Information will be stored in a directory such as
LICENSE.TXT.

Security, auditability, and control

The announced programs use the security and auditability features of the
host operating system software. The customer is responsible for evaluation,
selection, and implementation of security features, administrative procedures,
and appropriate controls in application systems and communication facilities.

VU Value Unit is the unit of measure by which this program is licensed.
VU Value Unit entitlements are based on the quantity of a specific designated
measurement, either users or resources, for the given program. A Proof of
Entitlement (PoE) must be obtained for the appropriate number of VU Value
Units required for your environment as defined by the specific program terms.
The VU Value Unit entitlements are specific to the program and may not be
exchanged, interchanged, or aggregated with VU Value Unit entitlements of
another program. To understand these benefits of VU Value Unit licensing,
and to determine how many VU Value Units to obtain for the program, contact
your IBM representative.

For each IBM eServer zSeries® IPLA
program with Value Unit pricing, the quantity of that program needed to satisfy
applicable IBM terms
and conditions is referred to as the required license capacity. Your
required license capacity is based upon the following factors:

To order, specify the program product number and the appropriate license
or charge option. Also, specify the desired distribution medium. To suppress
shipment of media, select the license-only option in CFSW.

To receive voice technical support via telephone and future releases and
versions at no additional charge, Subscription and Support must be ordered.
The capacity of Subscription and Support (Value Units) must be the same as
the capacity ordered for the product licenses.

To order, specify the Subscription and Support program number (PID) referenced
above and the appropriate license or charge option.

IBM is
also providing Subscription and Support for these products via a separately
purchased offering under the terms of the IBM International Agreement for Acquisition
of Software Maintenance (IAASM). This offering:

Includes and extends the support services provided in the base support
to include technical support via telephone.

Entitles you to future releases and versions, at no additional charge.
Note that you are not entitled to new products.

When Subscription and Support is ordered, the charges will automatically
renew annually unless cancelled by you.

The combined effect of the IPLA license and the Agreement for Acquisition
of Software Maintenance gives you rights and support services comparable to
those under the traditional ICA S/390 and System z license or its equivalent.
To ensure that you continue to enjoy the level of support you are used to
in the ICA business model, you must order both the license for the program
and the support for the selected programs at the same Value Unit quantities.

Single version charging

To elect single version charging, you must notify and identify to IBM the prior
program and replacement program, and the machine the programs are operating
on.

Customized Offerings

CBPDO and ServerPac are offered for Internet delivery, where ShopzSeries
product ordering is available. Internet delivery of ServerPac may help improve
automation and software delivery time. For more details on Internet delivery,
refer to the ShopzSeries help information at

Media type for this software product is chosen during the Customized Offerings
ordering process. Based on your customer environment, it is recommended that
the highest possible density tape media is selected. Currently offered media
types are:

CBPDOs - 3480, 3480 Compressed, 3490E, 3590, 35921

ServerPacs - 3480, 3480 Compressed, 3490E, 3590, 35921

SystemPacs - 3480, 3480 Compressed, 3490E, 3590, 35921

1

3592 is the highest density media. Selecting 3592 will ship the fewest
number of media.

Once a product becomes generally available, it will be included in the
next ServerPac and SystemPac monthly update.

Production of software product orders will begin on the planned general
availability date.

CBPDO shipments will begin one week after general availability.

ServerPac shipments will begin three weeks after inclusion
in ServerPac.

SystemPac shipments
will begin four weeks after inclusion in SystemPac due to additional customization,
and data input verification.

The information provided in this announcement letter is for reference and
convenience purposes only. The terms and conditions that govern any transaction
with IBM are
contained in the applicable contract documents such as the IBM International
Program License Agreement, IBM International Passport Advantage® Agreement,
and the IBM Agreement
for Acquisition of Software Maintenance.

Licensing

IBM International
Program License Agreement including the License Information document and Proof
of Entitlement (PoE) govern your use of the program. PoEs are required for
all authorized use.

Agreement for Acquisition of Software Maintenance

The following agreement applies for Software Subscription and Support (Software
Maintenance) and does not require customer signatures:

IBM Agreement
for Acquisition of Software Maintenance (Z125-6011)

These programs are licensed under the IBM Program License Agreement (IPLA) and
the associated Agreement for Acquisition of Software Maintenance, which provide
for support with ongoing access to releases and versions of the program.
These programs have a one-time license charge for use of the program and an
annual renewable charge for the enhanced support that includes telephone assistance
(voice support for defects during normal business hours), as well as access
to updates, releases, and versions of the program as long as support is in
effect.

Limited warranty applies

Yes

Limited warranty

IBM warrants
that when the program is used in the specified operating environment, it will
conform to its specifications. The warranty applies only to the unmodified
portion of the program. IBM does not warrant uninterrupted or error-free operation
of the program or that IBM will correct all program defects. You are responsible
for the results obtained from the use of the program.

IBM provides
you with access to IBM databases containing information on known program
defects, defect corrections, restrictions, and bypasses at no additional charge.
For further information, consult the IBM Software Support Handbook found at

IBM will
maintain this information for at least one year after the original licensee
acquires the program (warranty period).

Program support

Enhanced support, called Subscription and Support, includes telephone assistance,
as well as access to updates, releases, and versions of the program as long
as support is in effect. You will be notified of discontinuance of support
with 12 months' notice.

Money-back guarantee

If for any reason you are dissatisfied with the program and you are the
original licensee, you may obtain a refund of the amount you paid for it,
if within 30 days of your invoice date you return the program and its PoE
to the party from whom you obtained it. If you downloaded the program, you
may contact the party from whom you acquired it for instructions on how to
obtain the refund.

For clarification, note that for programs acquired under any of IBM's On/Off
Capacity on Demand (On/Off CoD) software offerings, this term does not apply
since these offerings apply to programs already acquired and in use by you.

Authorization for use on home/portable computer

You may not copy and use this program on another computer without paying
additional license fees.

Volume orders (IVO)

No

Passport Advantage applies

No

Software Subscription and Support applies

No. For operating system software, the revised IBM Operational
Support Services - SoftwareXcel offering will provide support for those operating
systems and associated products that are not available with the Software Subscription
and Support (Software Maintenance) offering.

This will ensure total support coverage for your enterprise needs, including IBM and
selected non-IBM products. For complete lists of products supported under
both the current and revised offering, visit

Sub-capacity terms and conditions

For each System
z IPLA program with Value Unit pricing, the quantity of that program
needed to satisfy applicable IBM terms and conditions is referred to as the required
license capacity. Your required license capacity is based upon the following
factors:

The System
z IPLA program you select

The applicable Value Unit Exhibit

The applicable terms

Whether your current mainframes are full capacity or sub-capacity

For more information on the Value Unit Exhibit for the System z IPLA
program you selected, refer to the Ordering information section.

Full-capacity mainframes

In cases where full capacity is applicable, the following terms apply.

Execution based, z/OS based, full machine based: The required capacity
of a System
z IPLA program with these terms equals the MSU-rated capacity of the
machines where the System z IPLA program executes.

Reference based: The required license capacity of a System z IPLA
program with these terms equals the license capacity of the applicable monthly
license charge (MLC) program. This MLC program is called the parent program.

Sub-capacity mainframes

In cases where sub-capacity is applicable, the following terms apply.

Execution based: The required capacity of a System z IPLA sub-capacity program
with these terms equals the capacity of the LPARs where the System z IPLA
program executes.

z/OS based:
The required license capacity of a System z IPLA program with these terms
equals the license capacity of z/OS (and z/OS.e) on the machines where the System z IPLA
program executes.

Reference based: The required license capacity of a System z IPLA program with these terms
equals the license capacity of the applicable monthly license charge (MLC)
program. This MLC program is called the parent program.

Full-machine-based: The required license capacity of a System z IPLA
program with full-machine-based terms equals the MSU-rated capacity of the
machines where the System z IPLA program executes.

For more information on mainframe MSU-rated capacities, refer to The System/370, System/390®,
and System
z Machine Exhibit (Z125-3901), or visit the Mainframes section of
the System
z Exhibits Web site

For more information on sub-capacity System z IPLA terms and conditions,
refer to Software Announcement AA04-3059, dated August 10, 2004.

For additional information for products with reference-based terms, System
z IPLA sub-capacity programs with reference-based terms adds value to
the parent program across the environment, regardless of where in the environment
the System
z IPLA program executes.

An environment is defined as either a single or stand-alone machine or
a qualified Parallel
Sysplex®. You may have one or more different environments across the
enterprise. To determine the required license capacity for each System z IPLA
program with referenced-based terms, each environment should be assessed separately.

When a System
z IPLA sub-capacity program with reference-based terms is used in a qualified Parallel
Sysplex environment, the required license capacity of the System z IPLA
program must equal with the license capacity of the parent program across
the Parallel
Sysplex. Qualified Parallel Sysplex refers to one:

That meets the criteria defined in Hardware Announcement AA98-3002, dated January 13, 1998

Where MLC pricing is aggregated across the Sysplex

Sub-capacity eligibility

To be eligible for sub-capacity charging on select System z IPLA programs, you must first
implement and comply with all terms of either sub-capacity Workload License
Charges (WLC) or sub-capacity Entry Workload License Charges (EWLC). To implement
sub-capacity WLC or EWLC, a machine must be System z (or equivalent). On that
machine:

All instances of the OS/390® operating system must be migrated to the z/OS (or z/OS.e)
operating systems

Any licenses for the OS/390 operating system must be discontinued

All instances of the z/OS operating (or z/OS.e) systems must be running in z/Architecture® (64-bit)
mode

For that machine, you must create and submit a Sub-Capacity Report to IBM each
month. Sub-Capacity Reports must be generated using the Sub-Capacity Reporting
Tool (SCRT). For additional information or to obtain a copy of SCRT, visit
the System
z Software Pricing Web site

You must comply with all of the terms of the WLC or EWLC offering, whichever
is applicable:

The complete terms and conditions of sub-capacity WLC are defined in the IBM Customer
Agreement - Attachment for System z Workload License Charges (Z125-6516).

The complete terms and conditions for sub-capacity EWLC are defined in
the IBM Customer
Agreement - Attachment for IBM eServer System z 890 and 800 License Charges
(Z125-6587).

Additionally, you must sign and comply with the terms and conditions specified
in the amendment to the IPLA contract - Amendment for IBM System z9® and eServer zSeries Programs
Sub-Capacity Pricing (Z125-6929). Once the amendment is signed, the terms
in the amendment replace any and all previous System z IPLA sub-capacity terms and
conditions.

Sub-capacity utilization determination

Sub-capacity utilization is determined based on the utilization of a sub-capacity
eligible reference product and machine.

On/Off CoD

To be eligible for On/Off CoD pricing, you must be enabled for temporary
capacity on the corresponding hardware, and the required contract, Attachment
for Customer Initiated Upgrade and IBM eServer On/Off Capacity on Demand - Software
(Z125-6611) must be signed prior to use.

IBM Global Financing

IBM Global
Financing offers competitive financing to credit-qualified customers to assist
them in acquiring IT solutions. Offerings include financing for IT acquisition,
including hardware, software, and services, from both IBM and other manufacturers or vendors.
Offerings (for all customer segments: small, medium, and large enterprise),
rates, terms, and availability can vary by country. Contact your local IBM Global
Financing organization or visit

IBM Global
Financing offerings are provided through IBM Credit LLC in the United States, and
other IBM subsidiaries
and divisions worldwide to qualified commercial and government customers.
Rates are based on a customer's credit rating, financing terms, offering
type, equipment type, and options, and may vary by country. Other restrictions
may apply. Rates and offerings are subject to change, extension, or withdrawal
without notice.

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